# PwC Aptitude Questions with Answers

8 previously-asked aptitude questions from PwC's hiring process, each with the correct answer and a worked explanation. Written against the company's actual test pattern.

_Source: Astra (https://useastra.in). Updated 2026-09-05._

### 1. A report has 300 pages and you have read 40% of it. How many pages are left?

A. 180
B. 120
C. 150
D. 200

**Answer:** 180

**Explanation:** Read = 40% of 300 = 120, so pages left = 300 - 120 = 180.

### 2. Revenue grows from 200 to 260. What is the percentage growth?

A. 30%
B. 25%
C. 20%
D. 60%

**Answer:** 30%

**Explanation:** Growth = 60 on a base of 200, so 60/200 * 100 = 30%.

### 3. Two partners share a profit of Rs 50000 in the ratio 2:3. What does the smaller share amount to?

A. Rs 20000
B. Rs 30000
C. Rs 25000
D. Rs 15000

**Answer:** Rs 20000

**Explanation:** Total parts = 5, smaller share = 2/5 * 50000 = Rs 20000.

### 4. What is 15% of 15% of 400?

A. 9
B. 12
C. 60
D. 90

**Answer:** 9

**Explanation:** 0.15 * 0.15 * 400 = 0.0225 * 400 = 9.

### 5. Choose the synonym of the word PRUDENT.

A. Careful
B. Reckless
C. Rash
D. Bold

**Answer:** Careful

**Explanation:** Prudent means acting with care and thought, which matches careful.

### 6. Choose the antonym of the word APPROVE.

A. Reject
B. Accept
C. Permit
D. Allow

**Answer:** Reject

**Explanation:** Approve means to agree to; its opposite is reject.

### 7. All reports are documents. Some documents are confidential. Which statement is valid?

A. Some reports may be confidential
B. All reports are confidential
C. No report is confidential
D. All documents are reports

**Answer:** Some reports may be confidential

**Explanation:** Since confidential documents need not be reports, we cannot conclude for certain, only that some reports may be confidential.

### 8. Find the next term in the series: 5, 11, 23, 47, ?

A. 95
B. 94
C. 96
D. 71

**Answer:** 95

**Explanation:** Each term is the previous times 2 plus 1, so 47 * 2 + 1 = 95.

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